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When using the scene beep with a scene containing only KPL8 secondary buttons, the feature does not seem to work. Is it necessary to address the primary button of a KPL for scene beep to work ? -Xathros

Screenshot sent. I'm using a MAC so am limited to the latest available JVM (1.6.0_33-bo3-424 both 32 and 64 bit. I am configured for SSL 3.0 both client and server. Thanks. -Xathros

I always assumed that RunAtSartup meant RunIf-at-Startup. Will it actually run the then clause if there is no If evaluating to true ? -Xathros

I have duplicated these results on 3 machines now. I can still connect with Mobilinc remotly via https so I'm puzzled as to why I can't get the admin console (or the Dashboard) working. -Xathros

Downloaded and installed. I can no longer access via HTTPS tho HTTP is just fine. Any attempt to access remotely via HTTPS results in: XML Parse error: https://my-url.org:443/desc Followed by: Socket Open Failed Java.lang.NullPointerException I have cleared all the browser and Java caches, deleted all of the old certificates and accepted/trusted all new certificates. -Xathros

Generally, if the modem does NAT, then they allow you to log into it to manage port forwards/DMZ etc. -Xathros

Your DSL modem is doing NAT translation as well as your router. Log into the Modem and place your routers WAN address in the DMZ of the modem. Make sure you have forwarded port 443 in the router to the ISY. -Xathros

jmed999- I'm not sure anyone other than you can answer that question as that will depend on your installation. Wireless range is affected by the placement of the antennas in the router and receiving devices, the construction of the building its installed in and interference from other wireless devices making it very difficult to predict how will a specific device will work in your situation. Generally speaking, N class routers should work better than older G class routers. I did find the following with a quick Google search: http://www.bestcovery.com/best-wireless-router-for-range That may be of some assistance. -Xathros

I like those Zyxel boxes with the IPSEC. I deployed a few of those for a remote IP Phone system. Just set up a WNDR3400 for a customer last night. Netgear has come a long way in the last few years. -Xathros

Dual Band means different things to different manufacturers marketing departments it seems. I have seen it mean: Supports 2.4 Ghz (g) and 5Ghz (n) and Supports Separate Upstream and Downstream N channels, 600Mbps vs 300Mbps for a "Singleband" N class router and A private and a guest network both using different security settings. One thing to keep in mind, unless you have something faster than 100Mbit internet coming to your home, the link speed on almost all of these routers will be faster than your internet speed meaning the only real benefit to a faster wireless link would be when transferring data between systems on your local network. Anything that is just accessing the internet will be limited by your cable/dsl modem regardless of how fast your are linked to the router from your PC/Device. If you are streaming HD video content from a home media server to a wireless client then a high speed link is a good idea. Longer range is always good and 802.11n does seem to do a bit better than 802.11g in that arena. As for speed boot, it may or may not offer any benefit. Features like that usually depend on both ends of the link supporting the same feature set (ie. Linksys router and a Linksys wireless card in the PC) but as I said above, the basic link likely is faster than your uplink anyway. Hope this helps. -Xathros

If you have a use for all the extras then its just fine. I use an Apple Airport extreme to hose NAS like this will do but that isn't my gateway, just another access point. If you don't plan to host NAS or a printer from the gateway then this: http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-E1200-Links ... ds=linksys is the same router without the extras. Either of these should eliminate the router as the problem in your HA project. -Xathros

I've never hear of that brand/model before. I use Linksys or Cisco products for most gateway applications. I have a number of customers that use D-Link or Netgear. I have had issues with the D-Link stuff too many times but the newer crop of Netgear stuff seems workable. If I had to choose a consumer grade gateway today it would be either a Linksys N Class or Netgear N Class Router/AP. My absolute favorite, though not for wireless, is a Linksys WRT54GL with DD-WRT firmware. Very configurable, predictable and reliable but limited to G class wireless. I am in the process of building a headless MicroATX system that will run the i386 version of DD-WRT on a low end P4 based system. Overkill for the average homeowner but will give me a lot more horsepower to work with and I have some plans for the extra capabilities. (Content filtering at the gateway among other things) In my opinion, the gateway is not the point in the network to try and save a few bucks with cheapo hardware. -Xathros

I use my RL2 without including it in scenes. I trap for button presses (if RL2.A On or RL2.A Off) and do what needs to be done by program rather than scene. This way I don't need to worry about the toggled state of any of the RL2 buttons when they are used in combination with other controllers. So no, you don't need to have the RL buttons in scenes but you DO need to do everything at the ISY rather than direct linking outside of the ISY. -Xathros

How about this for the lighting: Split the scene into 2 scenes with the stuff that changes based on time of day in one and the rest in another. Remove the controllers from the scene(s) and add back as responders if necessary (Switch with load attached). Create 3 programs. One will adjust the changing scene on levels based on time of day. The other will turn on both scenes when the controller(s) say On and the third will turn off one or both scenes depending on time of day when the controller(s) say off. Maybe a fourth program to watch for fastoff at the controller(s) to turn off both regardless of time. As for the fan, remove it from the scene(s) and just run it via a program that monitors the appropriate controller(s). Fan Prog 1 If control MainBathFanSWL is switched On then Set MainBathFanILR On Else Fan Prog2 If status MainBathFanILR is on then repeat every 60 $s.fandelay += 1 else Fan Prog 3 If status MainBathFanSWL is switched Off and $s.fandelay is > 0 Then wait 90 $s.fandelay -= 1 Else Set MainBathFanILR off $s.fandelay is a state variable. This will keep the fan on for an additional 1.5 mins for every minute the fan was turned on at the switch. This is how I would approach this one anyway. HTH -Xathros

Does the jacuzzi have any electronic controls that may have a transformer/power supply generating noise ? Possibly a big noise filter to filter out noise from the pump also sucking Insteon ? Is it hard wired or can it be unplugged to see if its that or something else on the line ? -Xathros

jmed999- Right click the program and select "Run Then". Lets see if you get the text then. If not, we need to look at the customized message that your sending. Its possible you haven't specified a subject and/or body in which case the message may be getting rejected by the SMTP server. -Xathros

Do the outdoor lights have motion detectors on them ? If so, is there a switch to turn them off ? -Xathros

Just to be clear: the connection between the ISY and the PLM is NOT ethernet but rather serial. This has a limited length and CANNOT be connected via a switch/router. -Xathros

I feel that the more options we have, the better. There are already a few iOS apps out there now though none are free. I use Mobilinc which IS a paid app. I feel that I got my money's worth out of it's functionality and there is very little I haven't been able to accomplish with it. Again, I'm all for inexpensive/free options and I for one will be happy to look at and test whatever you come up with. -Xathros

MS Excel Viewer - Free from MS OpenOfice - Free from Sun StarOffice - Free LibreOffice - Free Any of the above should get you going in either Excel or CSV/txt formats. -Xathros

Exten- While your program is valid, I'm not sure what it's use case would be. You can simply query the current status of the coffee pot to tell if its on or off. All the var will tell you is if it was on or off before a system reboot. Useful for turning it back on after a power failure if it was on before but thats about it as far as I can see. The init value of a variable is the value it will initially be on startup. Changing the value of the var after that point will NOT change the init value unless you specifically change the the init as well. On a dimmer device, testing for Not On or Not Off makes sense since it can be somewhere in between. So "Not Off" means somewhere between 1 and 100% and "Not On" means somewhere between 0 and 99%. A relay device is either on or off with no in between and a not responding device is neither On nor Off. -Xathros

Corey- What I would do is use WireShark on a MAC or PC to sniff the traffic coming from rule to the receiver. As long as the connection from rule to the receiver is not encrypted (https), you can examine the content of that conversation and build your network resource from that. -Xathros

To the button terminals on the motor in parallel with the button. -Xathros

I'll have to try replacing the supply at one of my problem locations with a good regulated supply and see if things change. Very likely that the little wall warts are not capable of filtering minor line disturbances like a good supply. -Xathros

Thanks! I like the IFTTT. Now I just need to figure out if I have a use for it or not. I'd actually prefer to use the ISY for this sort of thing rather than involving a third party to tie "My" things together but it does look like a cool solution! -Xathros